Turkish Airlines plane crashes

The following are significant events involving the airline or its subsidiares.
The numbered events are those involving at least one airline passenger death where the aircraft flight had a direct or indirect role, and where at least one of the dead passengers was not a stowaway, hijacker, or saboteur.
Only events since 1970 are included.

26 January 1974; THY F28-1000; TC-JAO; flight 301; Izmir, Turkey:
This was a scheduled domestic flight between Izmir and Istanbul.
The aircraft became briefly airborne during takeoff, but lost altitude, struck a drainage ditch, disintegrated, and caught fire. Four of the five crew members and 62 of the 68 passengers were killed.
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3 March 1974; THY Turkish Airlines DC10; TC-JAV; flight 981; near Paris, France:
The aircraft was a scheduled international flight from Paris to London. During climb, a rear cargo door which was improperly closed blew out.
The resulting cabin decompression caused damage to the main cabin floor and to some control cables in the area.
The crew was unable to control the aircraft and the plane crashed. All 333 passengers and 12 crew were killed.
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30 January 1975; THY F28-1000; TC-JAP; flight 345; Istanbul, Turkey:
The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight between Izmir and Istanbul.
The crew executed a missed approach because of a brief power outage affecting the runway lights.
During the maneuvering, the aircraft crashed into the Sea of Marmara while the crew was maneuvering for another approach.
All four crew members and 37 passengers were killed.
Fokker F28 plane crashes

19 September 1976; THY 727-200; TC-JBH; flight 452; near Isparta, Turkey:
This was a scheduled domestic flight between Istanbul and Antalya.
The aircraft struck a mountain near Isparta during the approach. All eight crew members and 146 passengers were killed.
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23 December 1979; THY F28-1000; TC-JAT; near Ankara, Turkey:
This was a scheduled domestic flight between Samsun and Ankara.
The aircraft struck a hill after deviating from a normal instrument landing approach.
Three of the four crew members and 36 of the 39 passengers were killed.
F28 plane crashes

14 October 1980; THY 727; TC-JBJ; Diyarbakir, Turkey :
The aircraft was hijacked while it was on an international flight from Munich, West Germany to Ankara, Turkey.
The hijackers were taken into custody during a refueling stop at Diyarbakir. One passenger was killed during the incident.
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16 January 1983; THY 727-200; TC-JBR; flight 158; Ankara, Turkey:
This was a scheduled domestic flight between Istanbul and Ankara.
The aircraft crashed about 500 feet (150m) short of runway during poor visibility (fog and snow) and possibly wind shear.
There were 47 fatalities among the 60 passengers.
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29 December 1994; THY Turkish Airlines 737-400; TC-JES; flight 278; near Van, Turkey:
This was a scheduled domestic flight from Ankara to Van. The aircraft hit a hill four km from the airport during the plane's fourth landing attempt. Five of the seven crew members and 52 of the 69 passengers were killed.
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7 April 1999; THY Turkish Airlines 737-400; TC-JEP; flight 5904; near Ceyhan, Turkey:
The aircraft crashed near Ceyhan, Turkey shortly after takeoff from Adana, Turkey.
This was a repositioning flight from Adana, Turkey to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and did not have any passengers on board.
All six crew members were killed.
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8 January 2003; Turkish Airlines RJ100; TC-THG; flight 634; Diyarbakir, Turkey:The aircraft had departed from Istanbul and crashed shortly before landing in Diyarbakir, a city near Turkey's border with Iraq.
Four of the five crew members and 71 of the 75 passengers were killed in the crash.
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25 February 2009; Turkish Airlines 737-800; TC-JGE; flight 1951; Amsterdam, Netherlands:
The aircraft, on a scheduled international flight from Istanbul, Turkey, to Amsterdam, Netherlands crashed in a field about a mile (1.6 km) short of the runway.
Four of the seven crew members, including both pilots, were killed, as were five of the 128 passengers.

Preliminary reports from the Dutch accident investigators suggest that a malfunctioning altimeter may have led the flight control system to command a reduction in thrust, as well as a significant drop in airspeed and altitude, during final approach.
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16 January 2017; Turkish Airlines 747-400F; TC-MCL; flight TK6491; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan:
The cargo aircraft was on an international flight from Hong Kong, to Bishkek, Kyrgystan and crashed shortly after an aborted landing attempt.
The aircraft struck a residential area about 500 meters from the far end of the runway.
At the time, there was freezing fog and limited runway visibility reported at the airport.
All four crew members and 35 people on the ground were killed were killed.
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